A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 240 km SSW of Colonia, Micronesia (149 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/25 / 2025-12-01 15:10:29 / December 1, 2025 @ 3:10 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 136.9888 East, latitude 7.6565 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:10:29 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rew3. Unique identifier: us7000rew3.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 240 km SSW of Colonia, Micronesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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